Hey Cammers,
From time to time, unfortunately, we all deal with someone via the Internet that is dishonest. I feel that as a professional business consultant and business professor that such dishonest people should be made public so that others hopefully will not be deceived. First, a little background; I have been a member of the SOHC/4 community for about 8 years. People on this board have visited me at my house, in my shop, and even the Easy Rider group stayed with me for 3 days here in New Orleans. I have traveled to Europe and met other SOHC members and stayed at their house. I can honestly say that I have never had any mis-dealings concerning Honda parts. Recently, I bought $310 worth of vintage Triumph parts. I found the guy on ebay, and he also sells parts for our beloved Honda SOHC/4 motorcycles. That is why I am posting his information here and my story about him.
I bought a head light bucket from him via ebay. While it was being sent, he and I exchanged several emails, and I ended up buying another $260 worth of parts from him (and paid immediately via Pay pal) before he put them on ebay. The headlight bucket came in and was not as advertised, the mounting bolts were ripped off, the head light trim ring was scuffed, and the chrome was nowhere near “good condition”. I emailed him this. After an additional 2 weeks, he finally sent out the other $260 order of parts and forgot to include three items, totaling $125 (itemized). After an additional 2 weeks of lies and deception, he finally refused to refund my money for the parts I paid for that he didn’t send. His defense is that after four weeks of my frustration, that the reason he is not refunding any of my money is because I used two profane words in one email I sent him (I sent the email last night). His solution is that I box everything up and send it back to him (and incur shipping costs). I refuse to send back the only parts I have received form the guy, and although they aren’t in the condition he claimed, I can still use them, and will. I just want a refund for the parts he NEVER sent me, which I paid for. It’s a shame that people are like this. My friends on this forum know I am an honest guy. I’ve sold parts on ebay and have had to refund money; it’s called “doing good business”. I have never had problems with people selling Honda parts in the past – you really do meet the nicest people on Hondas!
The ebay name: 082596
Company name: Hard Core Cycles
Listed as being in AZ, but parts were finally shipped from TN
If for some reason the guy does decide to refund my money, I will post it here. I don’t hang out on this site much; rather, I am on the old SOHC mailing list. I am offing this information only for the purpose that others won’t be taken advantage of. I know there are two sides to every story, but wouldn’t you want your money back for parts you never received? Pretty simple, I think. We’ve been through a lot down here, now I have to take $125 on the chin from this guy. Karma will bite back, hard! Please feel free to post this message on any other motorcycle forums, as he deals in used/new parts for most makers.
Burwell Jordan, New Orleans
